The Devil Thumbs a Ride
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The Devil Thumbs a Ride is a 1947 film noir directed by Felix E. Feist and featuring Lawrence Tierney and Ted North.
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Plot
Steve Morgan (Tierney) is a charming sociopath who has just robbed and killed a cinema cashier. Seeking to escape, he hitches a ride to Los Angeles with unsuspecting Jimmy 'Fergie' Ferguson (North). Part way the pair stops at a gas station and picks up two women. Encountering a roadblock, Morgan persuades the party to spend the night at an unoccupied beach house. The police close in as one by one Morgan begins killing the threesome.
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Cast
- Lawrence Tierney as Steve Morgan
- Ted North as Jimmy "Fergie" Ferguson
- Nan Leslie as Beulah Zorn, alias Carol Demming
- Betty Lawford as Agnes Smith
- Andrew Tombes as Joe Brayden, Night Watchman
- Harry Shannon as Detective Owens, San Diego Police
- Glen Vernon as Jack Kenny, Gas Station Attendant
- Marian Carr as Diane Ferguson
- William Gould as Police Capt. Martin, San Diego Police
- Josephine Whittell as Diane's mother
- Dick Elliott as Mack Wilkins, San Clemente Police (uncredited)
- Phil Warren as Pete, Roadblock Motorcycle Cop
- Robert Malcolm as Newport Deputy Sheriff Grover
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